Day 8 Chest/Back and Ab RipperX

I tried to change it up. Hoping to get more reps. though I'm not sure how beneficial it was. Afterall you build muscle when you are tired, not by the number of completed reps.

What I did was I did the first round of arms/back. Then i switched it up and did ab-ripperX in the middle. Then the second round of arms and back. I am sore and tired. The exact same results from when I don't do that. So who knows if it did better or not, but it was not as mundane!

Standard Pushups Rd1: 20, Rd2: 25
Wide Front Pull Ups Rd1: 8, Rd2: 8
Military Pushups Rd1: 18, Rd2: 22
Reverse Grip Pull Ups Rd1: 6, Rd2: 7
Wide Fly Push Ups Rd1: 10, Rd2: 11
Closed Grip Overhand Pull Ups Rd1: 6, Rd2: 6
Decline Push Ups Rd1: 10, Rd2: 12
Heavy Pants 30 lbs Rd1: 15, Rd2: 15
Diamond Pushups Rd1: 7, Rd2: 8
Lawn Mowers 30lbs Rd1: 14, Rd2: 16
Dive-Bomber Pushups Rd1: 6, Rd2: 6
Back Flys Rd1: 7, Rd2: 12

Day 6 KenpoX

I am slacker on updating it seems. I was out of town all week. I did get workouts in. Though I dont remember all the numbers.

I will say Kenpo-X was tough today. I am still getting over a sinus infection that made me constantly gasping for air during the exercise. Long story short since I'm low on time. I sweated ALOT. It was a great workout and even though it hurt. It hurts so good.

Day 3 Shoulders/Arms & Ab Ripper-X & Softball double header

So today is the glamour muscles day! Shoulders/bi's/tri's. This is probably one of my favorite workouts. I've also seen a huge improvement on it. Allergies are still kicking my ass. But I can't keep putting off the workouts just because of mother nature. So I took a Zyrtec and manned up.

This video is set up into a shoulder/bi/tri workout. Then it repeats those 3 workouts before moving onto the next set. I did both of the simliar sets the exact same way throughout. Here is the stat log for the day.

Shoulders and Arms.
Alternating Shouler Press - 12 reps 25 lbs
In and out Bicep Curls - 16 reps, 20 lbs
Tricep Kickbacks - 10 reps, 20 lbs
*rinse repeat that section*

Deep Swimmers Press - 12 reps, 25 lbs
Full supination concentration curls - 16 reps, 20 lbs
Chair Dips - 20 dips ( legs straight, alternated leg raises every 5 reps)
*rinse repeat*

Upright rows - 12 reps, 25 lbs
Static Arm Curls - 16 reps, 20 lbs
Flip Grip Tricep kickbacks - 8 reps, 20 lbs
*rinse repeat*

Now I know the video goes on for another 16ish mins of workout. But I have a softball double header tonight and I needed my arms to not be completely dead for the game. I think 16 mins of P90x can be subbed for over 2 hours of softball and I will be okay. Also, I need to buy another 30 lb dumbell as it's time to move up on some exercises. Also, several of the 20 lbs will be moving to 25 lbs the next workout. I would have done it this week, but I wanted to have some strength left this evening.

Also, after softball, I will be doing the ab ripper X video before bed. We have a championship team to maintain here. And if one of it's star players is dead to the world from p90x we are going to be in trouble! Cya all tommorow.

Kink in the Schedule

I'm going to post pone Shoulders and Arms for multiple reasons til tommorow. In doing so, I will continue as normal but skip the rest day that is upcoming.

Day 2 Plyometrics

Today sure was a test. I woke up this morning with an extremely swollen throat. I don't know if I'm coming down with something or if it's from allergies. Either way I've had trouble breathing all day. And what a terrible day to have issues with breathing! Plyometrics! For those of you nieve to the concept it's basically jump training with intense cardio. It is by the hardest DVD for me most weeks. I can tell you this DVD does work extremely well. I never feel like I get a better workout from any of the other DVD's.

Listing these exercises is rather pointless as you can't really improve on reps, but you can improve on the fitness and the ability to do them properly without breaks. However, you do a set of 4 exercises and then repeat.

I made it through the first four sets of plyo okay. I had alot of trouble breathing and had to take several breaks. I stopped with 5 seconds left on several of the exercises as I was pushing my hardest at the 10 second mark. It's currently two hours after I finished and I'm still having trouble breathing a bit.

However, I'm determined to see better results this time through, so I pushed harder through the last sets. My legs are jello and I'm dog tired, but I feel awesome for completing the video. Day 2 is in the books. 88 to go to complete my new journey.

Day 1 Chest and Back/Ab-ripper X

Hey guys, back from a glorious weekend of bad health and great memories. RCB this year was probably a closing chapter on my fraternity activities. It left on some good memories. It also showed me how far I've came as an adult compared to where I was when I was younger.

Anyways, today was Chest and Back for the entree. The format of this video is two sets of 12 workouts. You go completely through the list and then do the second round. For that reason, as a veteran I don't go 150% the first round, or there will be nothing in the tank for the second. The second round is when I go all out. That is why some of my second round numbers might be higher.

Standard Pushups - Rd1:18, Rd2:23
Wide Front Pull ups - Rd1: 7, Rd2: 7
Military Pushups - Rd1: 15, Rd2, 17
Reverse Grip Pull Ups - Rd1: 6, Rd2 6
Wide Fly Push ups - Rd1:7, Rd2:6
Close Grip OVerhand Pull ups - Rd 1:5, Rd 2:4
Decline Pushups(legs were even with shoulders) Rd1 : 13, R2:10
Heavy Pants - Rd 1: 12, Rd2 :12
Diamond Pushups - Rd1: 5, Rd2: 4
Lawn-Mowers - Rd1: 12, Rd2:12
Dive Bomber Pushups - Rd 1:4, Rd2:3
Back Flys - Rd 1: 10, Rd 2: 12

Numbers are way down from a month ago....It's amazing how much sitting on your ass can break your muscles down. I got what I feel to be a great workout, and my arms are jello! Oh well, time to move up. Tommorow is Plyo!

Swimming!

I forgot how much of a workout swimming is! I spent this entire weekend at the lake and my body aches! I swam for several hours a day everyday. That being said, I think I got a good workout this weekend without the videos. Tommorow is my restart for week one. So, there's really not that much to update.

On a side note, I partied hard this weekend. It was my fraternity's formal and on top of that, I plan on cutting off drinking, so I had to get some last second unhealthiness in. I probably drank more this weekend than in the last two months combined. It was intense. Time to push play for 90 more days!

EDIT

In an attempt to keep myself on track. I did the ab ripper x video today. As well as a quick upper body workout. I figure something is better than nothing. I hope I can move tommorow. Work is going to come early.